Re: Got a post for the D Blog?

2016-11-02 Thread Daniel9 via Digitalmars-d-announce

On Monday, 31 October 2016 at 03:51:16 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
So far, getting content for the blog has, with a few 
exceptions, been a process of sending out emails prompted by 
activity on my radar. This is no problem when it comes to 
project highlights or other fairly broad topics, but it's 
highly inefficient for ginning up technical posts on the 
implementation of specific algorithms, or optimization details, 
or how a D feature prevented a nuclear meltdown.


I want to publish more posts like Andreas's 'Find Was Too Damn 
Slow, So We Fixed It` [1] (which, by the way, is the 
most-viewed post so far, just ahead of Joakim's interview with 
Walter [2]), or Steven's 'How to Write @trusted Code in D' [3], 
but I need help.


If you, or someone you know, have done something interesting 
with an algorithm or optimization in D, or have used a D idiom 
to do things in a way that pleasantly surprised you, please let 
me know. If I think it's something we can work with, I'll help 
you in putting together a guest post, or something like I do 
with the project highlights (where I build a post around 
whatever info you give me).


Also, I need news. If you see or hear any D news anywhere 
outside of the forums -- new projects, research papers, usage 
at a company, a game using D -- please drop me a line. I'll 
either get a post together for it or make sure Adam knows about 
it for 'This Week in D'.


I'm also open to ideas for other types of posts, like project 
highlights, but I'd really like more of the technical stuff. 
Please send any suggestions to aldac...@gmail.com.


Thanks!

[1] 
http://dlang.org/blog/2016/06/16/find-was-too-damn-slow-so-we-fixed-it/
[2] 
http://dlang.org/blog/2016/08/30/ruminations-on-d-an-interview-with-walter-bright/
[3] 
http://dlang.org/blog/2016/09/28/how-to-write-trusted-code-in-d/


It's excellent, thanks)


Re: Ever want to compile D on your Android phone? Well, now you can!

2016-11-01 Thread Daniel9 via Digitalmars-d-announce

On Sunday, 24 January 2016 at 15:12:30 UTC, Joakim wrote:
An alpha release of ldc, the llvm-based D compiler, for Android 
devices is now available.  It is best used with the excellent 
Termux app 
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux=en) and a bluetooth keyboard. ;) Updated test runners, that run most tests from the standard library on any Android device, are also available (results have been reported for everything from a TomTom BRIDGE GPS navigation device to a Huawei Watch):


https://github.com/joakim-noah/android/releases/tag/polish

You can install a test runner app or run a command-line binary.
 Please report your results in this thread in the ldc forum, 
which requires no registration, with the info and format 
requested there, particularly for Android 4.1 or earlier:


https://forum.dlang.org/thread/bafrkjfwmoyriyhmq...@forum.dlang.org

If you try out the native compiler, take a look at the README 
that comes with it for instructions.


If you have a D/OpenGL app you'd like to port to Android and 
submit to the Play Store, let me know if I can help with that 
process.


great, thanks))